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1. |
Caught in the Truth
10:58
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Dave & Mark:
Caught in a truth that’s threatening me
Planning to wreck and hinder me
Salt on a wound that’s festering
Continues to burn while coming clean
Facing the guilt the truth creates and it still stings
Forcing a smile that hides the pain
Insurance for all your vicious claims
Caught in the truth the only gain
Dave & Mark:
Pointless to accept the blame of what you accuse
Mark:
Suffer through this, put my head through
Dave & Mark:
the noose
Now you leave me hanging while you
Mark:
keep on singing
Dave & Mark:
Bout your righteousness leading to happiness
Dave & Mark:
Hiding the lies your truth conceals defies the logic the truth reveals
So start to think about shedding the lies and set the truth free
Dave & Mark Harmony:
Realizing how these desperate tricks are deceiving those closest to me.
And they listen. They swallow every word that you say.
They’re helpless. They believe.
Dave & Mark:
Smile and nod, follow your lead. I’m locked in a cage that you create.
Suffer your deeds of pure intent, all while spinning a yarn of malcontent
Start breaking the chains that I’ve been in. Releasing the demons deep within.
All of your lies you thought were true get thrown in your face and start to bruise.
Dave & Mark Harmony:
Despise the lies of this truth I must hide, unspoken rules to which I abide
Justified is my surprise when you deny the proof before your eyes
Such a shame to play this game, the objects change they’re never quite the same
Hard to tame what you can’t contain, so insane it’s happening all again
Reflections of perceptions are blurring the lines of reality
Contorting, distorting all these images that flood your vision
You’re complaining and straining to keep your virtuous side from staining
Misconceive thoughts to deceive of the truth that you refuse to believe
Dave & Mark Harmony:
Excuses said to disguise a myriad of truthful lies
Suspicion through the roll of your eyes leaves little hope to compromise
Dave:
Don’t know what to say, don’t know where to begin
Everything you’ve said I’ve shrugged it off with a grin
Your topsy-turvy world spins out of control
The aces in your hand you no longer hold
Someone tells you something and you take it as fact
When I tell you something different it just rolls off your back
Start to stand my ground I face you alone
Caught in the truth these chains are broke
Dave & Mark Harmony:
I’m free now, do you finally believe?
A hidden flaw you did not see, a prejudice you should remedy
Mark:
Time’s a fickle thing that ticks evenly onward
How about a choice that’ll let us move forward?
Gonna choose the lie that’ll pump up your pride?
Or will you accept the truth of which I hide?
Dave & Mark Harmony:
It’s your decision to make, how much time will you take?
Free your mind before you decide, just weigh all the facts and look inside
Blinded by what you’re convinced to be true, creates the illusion surrounding you
You made up your mind, it didn’t take long. Here’s my response now you look, then I’m gone
Dave:
Don’t know what to say don’t know where to begin
Mark:
Had as much as I can have no more patience to give
Dave:
Breaking all these chains has left me starving and thin
Mark:
My life’s not yours, you will not win
Dave:
Choking on your lies suffocating not breathing
Mark:
When the body dies your views will mean nothing
Dave:
Believing all these lies has led to your suffering
Dave & Mark:
So take your lies and catch this truth
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This world is not for long, the evidence is clear
The growth and colorization of our sun has made it dangerous here
Everyone will die! Our time to act is nigh…
My calculations are verified, I’ve checked them over
Your lies will incite a war!
We’re running out of time…
Take this creep out of here before I kill him myself
I swear that his lies keep becoming like that of a circus clown!
Send me away from here, I won’t stay and watch you die
The sun’s bewitched your mind and it’s making you blunder
I’ll leave nice and peacefully without saying a word
Let the Universe carry me where it may…
Get your shit and get the fuck out of here!
Get your ass out that fucking door!
We don’t want to hear your lies no more!
Don’t let him out of your sight until he’s out of this world!
I’ll leave knowing I did all that I could
You’ll leave knowing that things stay as they should
I can’t believe I’m leaving home all by myself
Someone please feed my fish and water all my weed
Think I’ll take some with…
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3. |
Into the Birth Canal
11:49
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Quickly I ascend the void of empty
Leaving all I’ve known behind
I escape the grasp of gravity
Seemingly bright points of light stretching out from my eyes are making me blind
Infinity is lying before me…
Possibilities all around
This landscape I see’s all consuming
No limits to what can be found
Continuing on with this journey
These physics cannot keep me bound
Resolve to go where they won’t find me
Until I’ve discovered new ground
Engaging the thrust, I propel myself forward leaving only a wake of silence
The daunting momentum lingers on…
Technological advances, catastrophic circumstances, an explosion of the sun
Through the darkness I keep on sliding, heading straight so I don’t get lost
How many days since this first started? How many more to go before I’m there?
The unknown’s causing my nightmares
In the distance a faint blue light begins to grow and becomes bright
Out of the darkness a truly wondrous sight
Gaining more speed, I’m quickly approaching heading straight no matter the cost
Hit the sphere with a fear that I just might be near to a death within a breath of my life
Slam into the blue, infernal fire surrounding, a taste of the life awaiting me on my grounding
Time passes slow as I enter the calm, then a flash and a crash, I explode like a bomb
Waking up I can see there’s much to behold
So many colors overwhelming, will their secrets be told?
There’s more to explore so much left to discover
Big Blue is land on ocean with a dome as a cover
Many creatures running to and fro terrified of the one who burnt their dome
Baring and gnashing their teeth their numbers continue to build and grow
Some fly overhead circling around dropping metal pieces that burn to touch
They cut my flesh and make me bleed. What kind of place is this I’ve found?
Forcing my anger can’t they see that I only want peace and harmony?
More metal pieces tearing me, can’t take much more I start to scream
Placing my hands upon my head I set about to make the aggression cease
Break the mind of every living thing, every single one of them falling dead
In destroying those intent to do me harm, I’ve discovered the fear of difference
Breaking their minds lets me peer inside. Their thirst for war and death makes no sense.
Instead of reaching out they helped bring about their own breaking down of a culture designed to rule and to conquer
Their minds are puny, capable of so much beauty, oftentimes they show their cruelty
What a gift to have and it’s one that they squander!
What have I done? Their death’s been for naught…
And their ending weighs on me…such a tragedy
A total loss of humanity…The Loneliness of Life is sickening
Set right the wrong for eternity
Undo the fault before I leave
Take all I have and plant the seeds…
Seeds that will grow and tell you everything I know
But please take care for what you learn’s for all to share
The guilt I feel will never ever truly disappear
So I’ll watch over you and see everything you do
I’ll be your guide through the peace and war and when you die
To pay for our crimes you can only have a short amount of time
For as I left you long ago you must return to death to know
That the wars you engage and the rage must go
Hope the lesson you’re learning will be enough to keep your soul from burning
My anger was just, you had it coming. All the wars that you lust had you succumbing
Creating anew is what I have to do and maybe you’ll learn here a thing or two
Existence aside life’s a precious gift. Heed the lesson well or you’ll sail adrift
Live your life well, give it some meaning. Make all your days count while you’re still breathing
One more thing before I go, you’ll all be different so let it show
Single and unique it’ll play a huge role on how you advance and how you will grow
Fly into Blue’s sky, soaring high…goodbye
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4. |
War Wagon
08:01
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We interrupt this scheduled program
To bring news the likes of which you’ve never seen or will again
It appears that something has entered our atmosphere
And threatens the very existence of men…Dave?
Thank you. This mother fucker’s HUGE! It crashed just after two
Right outside D.C. for all the world to see
So far we’re the first ones here; we’ll keep the cameras rolling as events are happening live
Smoke and fire, destruction near. Evacuations continue, told the body count’s high
Waking up I can see there’s so much to behold
So many colors that I’ve never seen before
There’s more to explore, there’s so much more left to find
How many secrets might be told?
Stretching briefly on Big Blue, I look around for what to do
When all these creatures start their running to and fro, and it’s quite a view…
Their numbers continue to build and grow
They must be mad I burnt their dome
Starting to wish I’d stayed at
home!
And we are too weak!
We are awaiting your command
Tyrannical control with iron hands
None of us are strong enough to take a stand
We should never have scorched your land
When the light from your skies is a blinding force
When we try to survive, you dry our shores
We've gathered troops but they can't fight back anymore
We are enslaved with no order
Live, kill till you fucking die or you become part of...
This violent contradiction
Given in silent optimism
There is no flee or flashback
Fire away until there's nothing to blast at
Facing our fears as we climb on board
This wagon of war.
We’ll conquer!!
Arm your guns, take aim, your target waits
Full speed ahead! Let’s all hope it hurts and bleeds
Throw your bombs and blow up the creep that thinks it’s fine to land this fucking thing into our backyard
And to the one who watches and guards us, please take care of our families and let our wagon fly true
Here we go, hold tight, it’ll be done soon!
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5. |
The Loneliness of Life
02:54
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(Instrumental)
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6. |
Majestic Nightmare
08:25
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I’m drifting into an endless slumber
One in which no alarm can wake
Deep breaths, I’m slipping under
My uneasiness is hard to shake
Before I nod off completely
Some images of haunting memories fill my waking dreams…
The last thing I can recall before my eyes start closing
Is one of free-falling into a deep and blackened sea
The water’s so cold, it takes your breath away
For a fleeting moment all is calm and quite serene
Soaked in majestic beauty, phosphorescent lights start shimmering
As they start to glow, their dance reveals a horrific scene…
Blindly chomping aimlessly seemingly to be coming right towards me…it can’t be!
Help me! Please help me before it gets me!
Paralyzed by the fear that’s gripping me
I’m still in shock from what I’m seeing right in front of me
Demonic apparition? Surely this cannot be…
Here’s the encounter, creature upon me. Shredding, tearing, limb from limb
Crimson in the water, left here in the deep end, no arms, no legs, I can’t swim
In a frenzy to devour, it chews my debris, intent to consume, my outlook’s grim
Choking on screams as it picks me clean, it’s apparent to me my survival’s slim
Faced with the fact of my gruesome ending, my thoughts search for meaning and comprehending
How am I supposed to process an entire lifetime in but a moment?
Open my eyes, I’m still in the dark…
Inexplicably whole once again
Frantically seeking an answer to if I’m alive
And if so,
will this nightmare ever end?
Waking up!
Drenched and covered in my own sweat
Just a dream I’ll never forget
Calming down I’m visibly upset
Need to smoke a funky cigarette…
Breaking up I’m gonna roll me a fat one
No more sleeping till my meds are all done
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7. |
In Our Own Words
12:18
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Find and read closely
For these words will serve as a warning to prevent catastrophe
To those who read this:
It’s probably been awhile since our sun blew up and burned us all
Save for the One who thought to flee
His words revealed what leaders hide
They said He lied
The way they did, the facts that they denied has cost us all our lives…
He weighed those facts and looked inside
An illusion in our mind
Has blinded us to what they’re sayin’, our death is certain
I don’t know what to say, I don’t know where to begin
Our patience has run thin as they threw our lives away
But we didn’t know it was too late
He said that everyone will die,
Our time to act is nigh
Their lies have started war!
We’re running out of time
He went away from here,
Said He couldn’t stay to watch us die
That our sun was going to explode
He left without a word and peacefully
Vowing to let the Universe lead Him on…
And stop an involuntary change
I heard He asked if they could feed His fish and water all His weed…
Possibilities, an endless landscape
No limits are offered, gravity He escapes
Continue His journey exploring a new place
Resolve to go where He can hide His face
Where they will never see His face
Wonder where He’s been or if He’s alive
We listen desperately to people who tell us lies
Our patience has reached a point of strife till help arrives
Anybody out there listening to our cries?
Anyone to help us to survive?
Orange skies aflame
Cinders pouring down like rain
And our only option is the pain
Our resources disappear, rivers drying up, we’re thirsty…
Earthquakes and volcanoes are erupting plumes of ash
Fire everywhere! Sent from up above to punish all
No! The fault lies with those who swore to protect us
Their inaction has given us cause to start a brawl
So it’s about damn time, in Him we trust!
We just burned our bridge and we fan the flame to spread along
We followed a total lunatic
We’ve been pushed past the brink of turning back
The only difference, you’re wrong
Thought you would hide underneath the ground, not above
But your yellow cowardice shines
Like the gold you love
The division of your bones
Gonna plant the roses for your funeral, at least it was kinda quick
Unlocking a new realm of existence where your souls are spared from our reality
Our story’s different through your eyes
There’s no difference between the truth and lies
This narrative gives you a brief glimpse of our lives
A sense of how we died
A government corrupted and One who stood up to them
If only the rest had tried…
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Mindless Hope Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sliptrick Records recording artist Mindless Hope is made up of five unique personalities that bring their eclectic influences to every song. Soaring, multi-part harmonies combined with a driving progressive metal sound, best describes this Philly area band. ... more
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